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Red Liquor. Green Power COMING FULL STARTING UP WINTER WARMTH CIRCLE A DREAM FROM FOREST MAGAZINE OF PULP & PAPER // NO. 34 / 2-2016 MAGAZINE OF PULP & PAPER St. Croix Tissue // 06 Klabin S.A. // 10 Mjölby-Svartadalen Energy AB // 38 RED LIQUOR. GREEN POWER. A "game changing investment" for Tembec provides long-term benefi ts at Temiscaming // 21 2 NO. 34 / 2-2016 10 38 Switch on GREEN POWER solutions from ANDRITZ More and more companies are switch- ing on their GREEN POWER options. ANDRITZ offers a range of technolo- gies for producing solid biofuels and energy from waste by-products. We have included several stories in this issue of SPECTRUM, highlighted with the GREEN POWER symbol, which showcase our customers’ successes 16 25 with renewable energy technologies. CONTENTS 03 Management message 18 Healthy heart 36 SMART Simulation in design Paloma Hygienic Paper ANDRITZ AUTOMATION 04 News 21 Red liqour. Green power. 38 Winter warmth from the forest Tembec Inc. Mjölby-Svartådalen Energi 06 Coming full circle St. Croix Tissue 25 "Everything here is BIG" 42 Orders & Start-ups Interview with Fibria project directors 10 Starting up a dream Klabin S.A. 43 Did you know that? 29 Energy-effi cient fi ber treatment TechTalk 16 Pumping up Puma Klabin S.A. 32 It must be brilliant! Iggesund Paperboard On the cover: Red liqour. Green power. (page 21) SPECTRUM is published by: Editorial Director: General information and copyright: ANDRITZ AG Robert Puhr You will see the use of both “tonnes” and Stattegger Strasse 18 [email protected] “tons” in this publication: tonnes for metric 8045 Graz, Austria Editorial Board: units and tons for American units. SPEC- Phone: +43 (316) 6902 0 Bjørn Hansen, Minna Heinonen, Robert Puhr, Regina Puschnig, Dietmar Scherer, TRUM is published in three languages; Eng- [email protected] Andrea Schlagbauer, Ursula Suppanen, Manuela Wagner, Elisabeth Wolfond lish, Chinese and Japanese. Copyright© Editor-in-Chief: Contributing Writers: ANDRITZ AG 2016. All rights reserved. No Bjørn Hansen Robert Puhr, Mark Rushton, Gary Thomson part of this publication may be reproduced [email protected] Contributing Photographers & Providers: without permission of the publisher. Project Director: Scott Areman, Eric Howard, Hans Renzler, Jim Storm, Thomas Wedderwille, Otmar Manuela Wagner Winterleitner [email protected] Layout & Design: INTOUCH Werbeagentur & Internetagentur, Austria spectrum.andritz.com NO. 34 / 2-2016 3 ecades ago, a papermaker could produce a stronger sheet ware not only collects and analyzes mill data, but performs diagnos- OR a whiter sheet OR lower basis weight OR higher filler con- tics in real-time. It then notifies mill personnel about opportunities or Dtent OR lower energy usage OR more throughput. But, not all problems. Imagine your operators and maintenance people having this at the same time. information available not only in the control room, but also on their mobile devices (tablet or smartphone): What changed? The first quantum leap was the advent of computer control. This Simplified process layouts with real-time equipment status and brought with it the concept of optimization. (“We can monitor jet-to- performance (clear visual image of what is working well and problem wire, draws, weight, and moisture – so we can optimize for each.") equipment that needs attention). We are now in the midst of the next quantum leap. Some call it “In- An equipment “EKG” (similar to an electrocardiogram in a doctor’s dustry 4.0,” others refer to it as the “Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).” office) that not only shows the signal of the equipment’s “heartbeat,” Whatever the name, it brings the potential for optimization to an en- but also diagnoses the equipment’s health. tirely new level. Optimization relies on data (lots of it) and An OPP “toolbox” window speed: data to analyze trends for motor management, con- in terms of the bigger picture, trol loop assessment, valve and speed of response to OPTIMIZATION: monitoring, and an equipment get information to operators logbook. and maintenance at the mo- MOVING FROM “OR” TO “AND” ment they need it. No human A two-way Smart Glass – even your most dedicated application (wearable digital and talented – has the capac- computer) that sends live vid- ity to handle thousands of in- eo to an expert and, in return, puts and make thousands of receives maintenance and re- computations per second. pair info for the specific equip- ment being viewed. What makes the latest “quan- tum leap” possible is our ac- A predictive tool that mines Joachim Schönbeck, Member of the Humbert Köfler, Member of the cess to new data through Executive Board, Capital Systems. Executive Board, Service & Units. high-level data from all the the IIoT connection AND the mill’s computer systems and ability to deliver diagnostics predicts key process variables on-the-fly. Many machines now have the ability to monitor their health (production, quality, energy, etc.) 12 hours beforehand so that correc- and performance and report their status to other machines and higher- tive actions can be planned. level systems. In addition, the higher-level systems (what we used to call “process control computers”) are now linked to millwide business These tools are not “science fiction,” but are examples of the impact of databases, giving them access to sales, energy, productivity, mainte- IIoT and Industry 4.0. They are being used today. For example, we cur- nance, and quality trends. rently use Augmented Reality at two mills in South America. Video from the field (obtained through a Smart Glass worn by a mill maintenance We at ANDRITZ are taking these exciting new tools and developing person) appears on our equipment expert’s computer – allowing him/her them specifically for pulp and paper producers. We have written be- to guide the maintenance person through the steps necessary to trouble- fore about our service/solution called Optimization of Process Perfor- shoot and repair. In another application, the Smart Glass links the person mance (OPP), which melds high-powered analytical software (capable in the field with the DCS operator during a restart after a shutdown. of data-mining the thousands of signals in a mill’s databases) with the experience of very skilled people who know the process and equip- Our tools, in combination with the experience and knowledge of your ment. In its early form, OPP had a dedicated expert (either at the mill or best operators and maintenance people, will raise the performance of remotely) who would sift through the data trends and bring problems/ your mill. The ability to make real-time optimum decisions about grade opportunities to the mill’s attention. The efficiency improvements and mix AND quality AND productivity AND energy AND raw material costs costs savings in this approach were well documented. AND chemical consumption AND equipment health is growing rapidly. We look forward to working with you to continue this growth. The latest innovation in OPP brings us closer to true optimization. In many cases, the dedicated expert can be eliminated. Powerful soft- Sincerely, Joachim Schönbeck Humbert Köfler NEWS4 NO. 34 / 2-2016 New generation bark press makes its debut The patent-pending ANDRITZ HQ-Press delivers bark with approxi- drum with two-phase pressing to achieve the higher dryness. While mately 5%-units higher dry solids content than any competitive unit. conventional presses typically achieve an annual average of 40% dry This can increase the net green energy value of the bark up solids, the HQ-Press is able to deliver an an- to 15%. nual average of 45% dry solids in normal operation. Advanced Unlike competitive units that have enclosed controls on the unit maximize structures, the HQ-Press has an open, the output under a variety of op- simple design. The components are easily erating conditions. The HQ-Press accessible for maintenance. As a side is a robust, reliable solution for bark benefit, the open design helps with handling in any woodyard or housekeeping activities, which biomass handling operation. reduces odors and mold spores in the operating environment. Find out more about the HQ-Press The design of the HQ-Press www.andritz.com/ features a self-orienting hq-press Update from Äänekoski: bleaching towers arrive on-site In what has been called one of the largest days to complete (mostly during the nights) road transports ever in Finland, ANDRITZ and involved lifting of telephone and electric bleaching tower segments made their way lines, removal of portals at roundabouts, and by truck to this bio-product mill under con- some reinforcement of certain roads. struction in central Finland. While there will be about 150 special transports from ANDRITZ ANDRITZ is supplying the wood processing in support of this project, this one was very plant, fiberline, evaporation plant, and recaus- impressive. ticizing plant for the new 1.3 million tonne bio-product mill that Metsä Fibre is building The sections (the largest being 9 m wide x adjacent to the existing Äänekoski mill. 10 m high x 22 m long) were transported by trucks from Pietarsaari to Äänekoski. Total For more info please contact: weight of the two largest tower segments was [email protected] 193,000 kg. Total transport time took four NO. 34 / 2-2016 SPECTRUM News 5 UniFeed upgrade for wash presses Older wash presses often have signifi cant limitations: frequent plug- ging, limited throughput, and limited feed consistency. ANDRITZ is now offering an easy-to-install upgrade – UniFeed – which helps overcome these limitations. UniFeed creates a homogeneous pulp web over the roll’s entire screen area. Washing effi ciency and throughput are improved since the wash press can now operate at a higher feed consistency. With plugging problems virtually eliminated, availability of the wash press is increased.
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